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_To_ WAVEL, _v. a._ To move backwards and forwards, to wave.
V. ~Weffil~.
_Cleland._
* _To_ WAVER, WAWER, _v. n._ To wander; from A. S. _waf-ian_, id.
_Wyntown._
WAUGH, WAUCH, _adj._ Unpleasant to the taste, nauseous, S.
_Journ. Lond._
Teut. _walghe_, nausea, _walgh-en_, Isl. _velg-ia_, nauseare.
WAUINGEOUR, WAUYNGOUR, _s._ A vagabond, a fugitive.
V. ~Waff~.
_Doug._
_To_ WAUK, WAULK, WALK, _v. a._ To full cloth, S. p.r.o.n. _wauk_.
_Garnet._
Su. G, _walk-a_, Belg. _walck-en_, Ital. _guale-are_, id.
_To_ ~Wauk~, _v. n._ To shrink in consequence of being wetted, S.
~Wauker~, ~Waulk-miller~, _s._ A fuller, S.
Belg. _walcker_, Su. G. _walkare_, Germ. _waukmuller_, id.
~Wauk-mill, Waulk-mill~, _s._ A fulling-mill, S.
_Stat. Acc._
Germ. _walk-muhle_, id.
WAUKER, _s._ A watchman, one who watches clothes during night, S.
A. S. _waecer_, Belg. _waaker_, id.
_To_ WAUL, _v. n._ To look wildly, to roll the eyes, S. O.
_Douglas._
A. S. _wealw-ian_, to roll, Lat. _volv-ere_.
WALD, _s._ Government, power.
_In wald_, under sway.
_Wallace._
Isl. _vellde_, _valld_, power.
_To_ WAUR, _v. a._ To overcome.
V. ~War~, _v._ 1.
WAW, _s._ Wave; pl. _wawys_.
_Barbour._
A. S. _waeg_, _weg_, id. pl. _waegas_.
WAW, _s._ Wall, S. pl. _wawis_.
_Wallace._
A. S. _wag_, _wah_, id.
WAW, _s._ Wo, sorrow.
_Maitland Poems._
WAW, _s._ A measure of twelve stones, each stone weighing eight pounds.
_Stat. Rob. III._
E. _wey_; as, a _wey of wool_, _cheese_, &c., from A. S. _waeg_, _waga_, _weg_, a load.
_To_ WAW, _v. n._ To caterwaul, S.
